Genesis 42:16

New King James Version

Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be tested to see whether there is any truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies!”

Cross References

Genesis 42:11

We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men; your servants are not spies.”

Genesis 42:30

“The man who is lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

2 Samuel 10:3

And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

Joshua 2:1

Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.